so, it's waiting something. try strace -f yum command and output to email -- Eero 2013/7/1 ken <gebser at mousecar.com> > > > On 07/01/2013 02:37 PM Eero Volotinen wrote: > >> what strace -p PID-OF-YUM outputs? >> >> -- >> Eero >> >> > # strace -p 28647 > Process 28647 attached - interrupt to quit > futex(0xb7a3846c, FUTEX_WAIT, 1, NULL > >